Race Thread

[ChewbaccaDefense]

Low Gap tomorrow. I'm here and in marginally enough shape to do the ride. Sharp ups, so I hope my back doen't give me problems. My wife is mentoring the fastest HS girl here, so they are pushing for her to win.

Stetina the biggest Pro name here, but some really good riders. Should be fun.

 

[stonerider]

Low Gap tomorrow. I'm here and in marginally enough shape to do the ride. Sharp ups, so I hope my back doen't give me problems. My wife is mentoring the fastest HS girl here, so they are pushing for her to win.

Stetina the biggest Pro name here, but some really good riders. Should be fun.

Give us a race report! Good luck.

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

Give us a race report! Good luck.

Stetina won in a sprint. Coutney won by several miles. I pulled the ripcord after the first climb and rode back to the start, as the pain in my back was not better, and I had no desire to ride for 5 hours with that much pain. My wife's mentee (They pair high school girls with pros and other people who are talented racers - my wife wins or gets a podium in here age group, at every race...until today), won the HS race...but my wife flatted and couldn't plug, and didn't bring a tube that worked with a 50mm rim (glad she did it today, and not at Unbound. Lesson learned), so she had to wait for an hour and fifteen minutes until someone arrived with a tube that worked, so no placing gor her. All in all a great weekend, because Ukiah is really pretty this time of year.

 

[jono]

Her rim is 50mm wide? Didn't realize that was a thing.

Anyway, nice report! Didn't know Stetina could sprint.

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

Her rim is 50mm wide? Didn't realize that was a thing.

Anyway, nice report! Didn't know Stetina could sprint.

No, 50mm deep. She needed a tube with a long valve stem or an extender, and she had neither.

I'm not sure I'd call him a sprinter, but it was more that he was the highest level pro there, and played the sprint well.

 

[Bolder]

Romain Bardet wins first gravel race, Montsterrando UCI.

Guess that road fitness is still there! He's always been good at hard races in bad conditions so he could do quite well in gravel.

 

[Captain Sensible]

British gravel title won by reign champion Connor Swift with his cousin and team mate Ben 2nd .

 

[Wyndbrook]

Womens race won by Lizzy Hermolle with descending skills that even Sarah Gigante would call awful.